IBT Staff Reporter

Air France-KLM is in talks with Japan Airlines to form an alliance by injecting a few hundred million dollars and taking a minority stake in the struggling carrier, a source familiar with the matter said.

Comments from two senior Federal Reserve officials on Monday touched on what could become a struggle in the coming months and years over how and when to unwind the bank's dramatically accommodative policy.

Comments from two senior Federal Reserve officials on Monday touched on what could become a struggle in the coming months and years over how and when to unwind the bank's dramatically accommodative policy.

The Treasury Department is talking to Citigroup Inc about how to sell the roughly one-third stake the government acquired as part of its bailout of the bank, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Johnson & Johnson has cut the amount it will pay for its 18.4 percent stake in Irish drugmaker Elan Corp Plc by $115 million to $885 million, setting Elan up for recriminations from shareholders and possibly even lawsuits.

Actor Patrick Swayze, who battled pancreatic cancer since last year, died at 57 on Monday.

Juan Martin Del Potro overcame a two sets to one deficit in a hard fought match to beat Roger Federer, the world's No. 1 player, at the 2009 U.S. Open.

Bank of New York Mellon may restart trade-finance lending to Russia as a part of an out-of-court settlement of a $22.5 billion lawsuit against the bank, Kommersant business daily and the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

President Barack Obama warned financial firms on Monday to heed the lessons of Lehman Brothers' collapse a year ago and get behind a regulatory overhaul he wants Congress to pass this year.

Juan Martin del Potro, 20 gave one of the biggest surprises in the U.S. Open history beating Roger Federer, 28 the world's No.1 player at the U.S. Open 2009 men's singles final in a four-hour match 6-3, 6-7, 6-4, 6-7, 6-2 Monday evening at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.

A real estate investment trust and a Chinese on-line video game maker are set to price initial public offerings next week, joining a flurry of prospective deals that could make September the busiest month for IPOs in nearly two years.

Bankrupt petrochemicals maker LyondellBasell ACCELC.UL is planning a stock offering to raise funds so it can exit bankruptcy protection, according to documents filed with the bankruptcy court last week.

KAR Holdings Inc, which runs auctions for used vehicles, plans to go public and raise as much as $400 million, according to a regulatory filing on Monday.

A federal judge rejected Bank of America Corp's $33 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over Merrill Lynch & Co bonuses as a contrivance, and New York's top legal officer prepared to sue senior bank executives.

Iowa senator Tom Harkin, newly empowered to investigate health matters as chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, promised on Monday to probe deeply into any potential links between cellphone use and cancer.

The Australian Dollar opens on Tuesday at 0.8610. In early domestic trade yesterday, the Aussie moved swiftly beneath US86 cents as local equities opened under pressure after a soft lead from Wall Street last Friday.

Kraft Foods, North America's biggest food group, plans to hold talks in coming weeks with British bid target Cadbury that may lead to a new bid offer for the global No.2 candy and chocolate maker.

Elan Corp Plc has resolved a disputed partnership agreement with Biogen Idec Inc , lowering the price Johnson & Johnson will pay for a minority stake in the Irish drugmaker.

Do you suffer from the symptoms of menopause? In addition to herbal and pharmaceutical remedies, there are massage methodologies which can help. This article deals with shiatsu's beneficial effect on women in menopause.

A federal judge rejected Bank of America Corp's $33 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over Merrill Lynch & Co bonuses as a contrivance, and New York's top legal officer prepared possible civil charges against bank executives.

It seems that whatever ease and calm efforts we try to make our lives less stressful, it turns out we can't control what's going on around us. And this, as it always had done, makes us more tiring and

Shiatsu massage also known as acupressure, is a point-pressure massage using the fingers. It is designed to help regulate the flow of energy within the body. During a shiatsu massage, thumb, fingers, palms or feet to the body apply pressure.

Anxiety is a type of stress related disorder that commonly affects a tremendous amount of people.The practice of shiatsu is very beneficial in relievinganxiety. Let's take a closer look at the steps that are taken to get rid of anxiety by way of shiatsu.

Shiatsu is an oriental (eastern) therapy of physical and energy rebalance. Usually it is defined as an oriental massage but it is much more than that. It acts through pressure with thumbs, fingers and

Shiatsu is a massage technique that uses the power of touch and applying pressure. This type of therapy comes from ancient Japanese culture however was adapted into Chinese medicine practices and uses the principles of the meridian healing system.

Buying a massage chair is a very good idea for people who lead hectic lives and need to relax and rejuvenate themselves after tiring days at work. A massage chair can alleviate both physical and

Shiatsu is an internationally known and used effective method of naturally healing. Basic shiatsu was founded in Japan in the early 1900's by Tokujiro Namikoshi, and the name comes from the words shi which means the thumbs and fingers and atsu meaning pressure.

The term shiatsu means finger pressure and is the name of an ancient and widely practiced form of Oriental massage. It dates back thousands of years to the massage systems developed in ancient

We know that the shiatsu massage came from the Japanese culture and originated from the Chinese culture and Taoism.